Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building

Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building--Arkansas Tech University
Location: E of N. El Paso St., Russellville, Arkansas
Area: less than one acre
Built by: Federal Emergency Administration; Et al.
Architectural style: Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional, Other
Governing body: State
MPS: Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP Reference#: 92001212[1]
Added to NRHP: September 18, 1992

The Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building in Russellville, Arkansas is a building of the Arkansas Tech University. It was built in 1913 and extensively renovated in 1935.[2][3] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It is now known as the Old Art Building.[3]

The Public Works Administration provided funds for school construction in January 1934, of which $7,500 was allocated for renovating this building.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "History of Arkansas Tech University". Arkansas Tech University. http://www.atu.edu/hlc/docs/History.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-25. 
  3. ^ a b c Silva, Rachael (Winter 2009). "Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly 68 (4).